Simon English

Financial Editor

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Simon English is the Financial Editor at The Standard. He has been covering business, the City and Wall Street for 30 years including at The Times, The Telegraph and The Sun. He has worked in New York and the Cayman Islands.... MORE

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Simon English is the Financial Editor at The Standard. He has been covering business, the City and Wall Street for 30 years including at The Times, The Telegraph and The Sun. He has worked in New York and the Cayman Islands.

<p>The FTSE has risen to record highs this year (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)</p>
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Note to CEOs looking to float: Don't be so greedy

City Comment: Signs of optimism in the flotation market

10 May 2024
<p>The FCA said it was not expecting the ‘stern reaction’ to its plans (FCA/PA)</p>
Business

City watchdog should stick to its guns on 'name and shame' plan

City Comment: Strong regulation is good for the City, not a weakness

9 May 2024
<p>Wetherspoon founder and chairman Tim Martin has been knighted in the King’s New Year honours (Jonathan Brady/PA)</p>
Business

Pubs boom in post pandemic 'breakdancing' outbreak

Guinness in fashion among younger drinkers

8 May 2024
<p>Nigel Farage (Gareth Fuller/PA)</p>
Business

Coutts faces new storm as it plans to move £2bn out UK shares

The royal bank claims its ‘home bias’ towards British company shares was an ‘anachronism’ that needed ‘funadamental change’

2 May 2024
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Business

HSBC boss Quinn suddenly quits

Search for successor begins, says Europe’s biggest bank

30 Apr 2024
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Business

Does Goldman Sachs have a women problem?

City Comment: The latest Government data shows Goldman at the top — or bottom depending on your perspective — of the banking pay gap league table

25 Apr 2024
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Business

Winning the market: The UK supermarket industry is one of our best

City Comment: Sainsbury is top dog for now -- but this is a really competitive market

25 Apr 2024
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Business

House prices will rise and mortgage rates fall, Lloyds Bank says

Britain’s biggest bank predicts three rate cuts this year

24 Apr 2024
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Business

Primark booms as Rita Ora deal pays off

Inflation has all but gone, says Primark boss

23 Apr 2024
<p>London has struggled to attract new listings in the last year (Nicholas T Ansell/PA)</p>
Business

Don’t be fooled by FTSE record: London stock market's still in trouble

City Comment: Even the new high is partly based on a very low level of optimism about the future for London shares

22 Apr 2024
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Business

This court case could disrupt Nationwide's takeover of Virgin Money

City Comment: Virgin Money shareholders get a vote, why don’t Nationwide members?

18 Apr 2024
<p>Superdry co-founder Julian Dunkerton today pledged to put in £10 million of his own money as he fights to rescue a business that has been buffeted for years but which he insists can be saved.</p>
Business

Superdry founder insists 'I love this company' as he puts in £10m

The company will delist from the stock market allowing Dunkerton to focus on retailing – and avoids the business falling into administration

16 Apr 2024
<p>Nearly 1,000 people have signed a petition calling for Nationwide Building Society to give its 16 million members a vote over its decision to buy rival lender Virgin Money (Mike Egerton/PA)</p>
Business

Take all but £100 out of your Nationwide account, say rebel members

City Comment: The rebel members are becoming an irritant to the Nationwide board

15 Apr 2024